Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
BILLY WESTYou watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
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Everybody. Somebody would just stick their head in the door and say, “He sounds too Jewish.” Or, “He’s too tough, he’s off-putting. You gotta seduce kids, not scare them out the door.”
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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I did speak out about celebrities because I thought it was appalling. I thought that if the cartoon became popular, it was only going to last as long as the career of the people who are in it.
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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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All actors used to sound different. Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable. They were like men’s voices, but they weren’t Everyman, it was them.
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But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you’re going to do.
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Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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